Since the beginning of the day, more than 15 settlements have suffered from artillery fire in the direction of Zaporozhye.
Russian aggressors attempted to attack in several directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening summary on Wednesday, January 18.
On the current day, the enemy launched 22 air strikes and fired more than 50 rounds from the MLRS.
The main efforts of the enemy are focused on conducting an offensive in the direction of Bakhmut. Unsuccessful offensive actions were also carried out in the direction of Avdeevsky.
In addition, the Russians tried to improve the tactical situation in the direction of Liman.
“In the direction of Zaporozhye, unsuccessful offensive operations were carried out in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Hulyaipole. In the direction of Kupyansky, Novopavlovsky and Kherson, the enemy is on the defensive,” the report said.
In the Volynsky, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions the situation without significant changes, no offensive groups of the enemy were found.
The areas of Rivne and Novodmitrovka settlements in Sumy region, Budarki, Dugout, Gatishche, Volchansk, Ternovaya, Chugunovka, Novomlynsk and Dvurechnaya in Kharkiv region were subjected to mortar and artillery shelling.
In the direction of Kupyansky the enemy shelled the districts of Petropavlovka, Kislovka, Ivanovka, Krakhmalnoye, Sinkovka, Berestovoye and Tabaevka in the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Luhansk region.
Directed by Liman Druzhelyubovka in the Kharkiv region and Novoegorovka, Nevskoe, Krasnopopovka and Dibrova in the Lugansk region were burned.
In the direction of Bakhmut the sites of 13 settlements were stoned. Among them are Verkhnekamennoye, Belogorovka, Vesele, Soledar, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka and Druzhba of the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Avdeevsky fired at Avdiivka, Vodyane, Nevelskoye, Georgievka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Novopavlovsk Bolshaya Novoselka, Zolotaya Niva and Vuhledar of the Donetsk region fell under enemy fire.
In the direction of Zaporozhye more than 15 settlements suffered from artillery fire, in particular, Vremovka and Novopol in the Donetsk region and Orekhov, Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulyaipole, Malaya Tokmachka, Stepnoe, Kamenskoe and Plavni of the Zaporozhye region.
In the direction of Kherson under shelling from MLRS and cannon artillery, in particular, the areas of the settlements of Antonovka, Beregovo, Vesele, Fedorovka, Lvov and Kherson fell. Again, civilians were hurt.
Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day delivered 13 strikes on enemy concentration areas and three on the positions of its anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, our defenders shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter and an experimental Russian reconnaissance UAV Merlin-VR.
Rockets and artillery units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit a command post, an area of concentration of occupying manpower and an electronic warfare station.
Recall that in the past day the Zaporozhye region experienced a record shelling – the enemy hit the region 171 times. 26 communities were subjected to shelling.
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Source: korrespondent
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